Xerox Wide Format IJP 2000 User Manual
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What would a variable data application be without a data file?
The productivity pack includes a demonstration data file called
Otohime_VI_Data.txt. Xerox
Otohime_VI_Data.txt. Xerox
®
FreeFlow
®
VI Design Express supports
most types of delimited data formats, including CVS, DAT, and TXT
files. (XML support will be introduced in the FreeFlow VI Design Express
12.0 release in 4
files. (XML support will be introduced in the FreeFlow VI Design Express
12.0 release in 4
th
Qtr 2013).
FreeFlow
VI Design Express cannot extract or query database files to build a delimited data file; you must do your
own database query to produce a flat data file, which can be in any standard format using any standard delimiter
character.
character.
During the design of the application, it is suggested that you extract a sample data file of between 5 and 30
records that should be able to exercise all the variable and conditional logic you want to apply to your application.
This smaller data file avoids slowing down the design tool, as it has to process through each record when changes
are made.
When you are ready to create the production output, select the VI Design PDF Export option. During the export
phase, you can point to a larger production data file or continue to use the sample data file. If you select a larger
production data file, the field names and the order of those field names must match the sample data file used for
the design.
This application uses a text file generated using a text editor. As discussed above, you can use other delimited data
formats. Below is a sample of the first few records from the Otohime_VI_Data.txt data file used in the Wide
Format Signage application.
records that should be able to exercise all the variable and conditional logic you want to apply to your application.
This smaller data file avoids slowing down the design tool, as it has to process through each record when changes
are made.
When you are ready to create the production output, select the VI Design PDF Export option. During the export
phase, you can point to a larger production data file or continue to use the sample data file. If you select a larger
production data file, the field names and the order of those field names must match the sample data file used for
the design.
This application uses a text file generated using a text editor. As discussed above, you can use other delimited data
formats. Below is a sample of the first few records from the Otohime_VI_Data.txt data file used in the Wide
Format Signage application.
Note: When generating your own delimited file for future applications, it is always best to use field
names that mix upper -and lower-case characters. Avoid using one- or two-character field names.
Use the underscore character instead of a space character. While those rules apply to naming,
data contained in the fields are not restricted by these rules.
names that mix upper -and lower-case characters. Avoid using one- or two-character field names.
Use the underscore character instead of a space character. While those rules apply to naming,
data contained in the fields are not restricted by these rules.